Chiun or Chion hen Treatment of Pestilence

by Sohaku Asada

$3,750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

35; 18 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. aubergine patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka: various publishers, Prefaces dated 1859, Afterwords dated 1860. First edition of this very rare work on epidemics and communicable diseases. “Koretsune or Ritsuen or Sohaku Asada 1813-1894 was a famous physician and a prolific writer on a variety of subjects in Japanese medicine…Asada

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